Retreats

• Retreat Agenda
• Retreat Map
• Retreat handout
• Retreat Trivia Quiz ( with answers)

 

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• 2020 Retreat Invitation PDF
• NIXLA FAQ
• Dr. Damon A.Williams BIO

2019 Retreat Invitation (PDF)

2019 Retreat Agenda (PDF)

2019 Table Questions (PDF)

Retreat Bingo (PDF)

2018 Questions (PDF)

Key Topics from Beach 2030 (PDF)

2017 Agenda (PDF)

Readings:

• Table Discussion Topics (DOCX)
• Retreat White Paper (PDF)

2016 Agenda (PDF)

2016 Retreat Notes (PDF)

Readings:

• Convocation Speech by President Conoley
  • Relevant portions of the speech to this retreat (DOCX)
• Highly Valued Degrees at CSULB (PDF)
• Critical Thinking Matrix (DOCX)
• Campus Goals (PDF)

Summary Responses to Retreat Question 1, Question 2, Question 3

2014 Agenda (DOCX)

Setting the Context (PowerPoint)

Readings:

• Center for American Progress, “How Public Universities can Promote Access and Success for All Students"

• NY Times, “Who Gets to Graduate?”

• The Education Trust

• PPIC Closing the Gap

2014 Retreat Data Sources (DOCX)

• University and College Graduation Rates (PDF)
• Fall '08 Cohort Retention by College and Ethnicity (PDF)

Table-Top Questions for Retreat (DOCX)

• 2013 Agenda (DOCX)
• Pre-Retreat Readings (DOCX)

Retreat Agenda (PDF)

Pre-Retreat Readings

• The Road Never Traveled by Andy Bodman (DOC)
• Live and Learn by Louis Menand
• Habits of the Mind: Lesson for the Long Term
• Our Universities: Why are They Failing? by Anthony Grafton
• Our Universities: How Bad? How Good? by Peter Brooks
• "Do Students Understand Liberal Arts Disciplines?" (Elmore, Pretince, Trosset)
• Association of American Colleges and Universities, Liberal Education: Faculty Work
• Let's Calm Down About Higher Education
• Inside Higher Ed Interview with Author of "Under New Management"
• Future of the CSU

Summary Transcript of Retreat Responses (PDF)

2011 Retreat Powerpoint (PDF)

Pre-Retreat Readings:

• "Information Technology on Campus: By the Numbers" (DOC) 
•  "The Mindset List for the Class of 2015" (DOC)
• "The 2011 Mind-Set of Faculty (Born Before 1980)" (DOC)
• McHaney, Roger. "Tomorrow’s Teaching and Learning: Timeslicing in the Classroom." (DOC) Excerpt from chapter 2 in The New Digital Shoreline: How Web 2.0 and Millennials Are Revolutionizing Higher Education. Stylus Publishing, LLC. Copyright © 2011 Stylus Publishing, LLC.  All rights reserved.
• Matt Cutts TED video on "Try Something New for 30 Days" (3-minute video)

If You Want to Read More....

• Robertson, Douglas Reimondo. “Feeling Overloaded? You're Not Alone.” NEA Higher Education Advocate (February 2008)
• Cordell, Ryan. “New Technologies to Get Your Students Engaged.” Ryan Cordell. The Chronicle of Higher Education (8 May 2011)
• “Working Better: How To Make Your Gadgets Work For You”
• “Working Better: How to Use Your Email Effectively”

2011 Post-Retreat Evalation and Feedback (Powerpoint in pdf format)

2011 Summary Transcript of Retreat Responses 

• 2010 Agenda (PDF)
• Chair's Presentation (PDF)
• Retreat Reading Packet (PDF)

Evaluations by Personnel

Academic Senate Retreat 2010 Evaluations (PDF)

• Faculty Reflection (PDF)
• Administrator Reflection (PDF)
• Staff Reflection (PDF)
• Student Reflection (PDF)

2010 Summary Transcript of Retreat Respones (2010) (PDF)

• 2009 Agenda (DOC)
• 2009 Retreat Questions (DOC)

2009 Summary Transcript of Retreat Responses 2009 (DOCX)

How can the University and the Community best collaborate to promote and improve the “sustainability” of the city and the region?

1. 2008 Agenda (DOC)
2. Sustainability Readings (DOC)
3. Education Sustainability Powerpoint
4. Environmental Sustainability Powerpoint
5. Discussion Questions (DOC)

Questions and Answers:

• Sustaining Health and Quality of Life Q & A (DOCX)
• Sustaining Cultural and Social Diversity Q & A (DOCX)
• Educational Sustainability Q & A (w/out recommendations) (DOCX)
• Economic Sustainability Q & A (w/out reccommendations) (DOCX)
• Environmental Sustainability Q & A (DOCX)

Issues and Recommendations:

• Sustaining Health and Quality of Life (DOCX)
• Sustaining Cultural and Social Diversity (DOCX)
• Educational Sustainability (DOCX)
• Economic Sustainability (DOCX)
• Environmental Sustainability (DOCX)

Evaluations:

• Evaluation Questions (DOC)

2008 Summary Transcript of Retreat Responses (DOCX)

• 2007: Educating the Digital Generations - Student Success and Academic Technology
  • 2007 Advising Results (RTF)
  • 2007 Engagement Results (RTF)
  • 2007 Learning/Teaching Results (RTF)
  • 2007 Survey Results (RTF)
• 2006: Mission Possible - Envisioning Our Future, Changing the Mission & Vision of CSU, Long Beach
  • 2006 Mission (DOC)
  • 2006 Vision (DOC)
• 2005: Measuring Student Success - What Do We Do, How Can We Use It?
  • 2005 Agenda (PDF)
  • 2005 Handouts (PDF)
• 2004: "The Future of the Baccalaureate" (PDF)
• 2003: "Creating a Graduate Culture" and "Bricks, Books, & Bytes @ The Beach: The Library's Shifting Sands of Research" (PDF)
• 2002: "New Structures for New Times" (PDF)
• 2001: "Rethinking the Culture and Politics of Teaching and Learning"
• 2000: "Retention and Time to Degree" and "Support for Scholarly and Creative Activity" (PDF)
• 1999: "Global Future" and "Conversation about Enrollment"